[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fsk-wells-pipelines-dls-map":3,"learn-related-how-to\u002Fsk-wells-pipelines-dls-map":232},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":205,"createdAt":206,"cta":207,"description":209,"extension":210,"icon":206,"industry":211,"keywords":212,"meta":218,"navigation":219,"path":220,"province":221,"relatedPages":222,"section":225,"seo":226,"stem":227,"systems":228,"updatedAt":206,"__hash__":231},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fsk-wells-pipelines-dls-map.md","Saskatchewan Oil Well DLS Map Layer - Wells, Pipelines, and Facilities on the SK Grid",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":196},"minimark",[9,14,18,21,31,36,39,42,51,55,58,91,99,103,110,120,128,136,140,148,156,160,173,186],[10,11,13],"h1",{"id":12},"saskatchewan-oil-well-dls-map-layer","Saskatchewan Oil Well DLS Map Layer",[15,16,17],"p",{},"Saskatchewan has more than 65,000 licensed oil and gas wells - the second-largest producing inventory in Canada after Alberta. Every one of them is identified by a Dominion Land Survey legal land description referencing the W1M, W2M, or W3M meridians. Until recently, getting a SK well onto a DLS grid alongside its pipeline ties and nearest battery meant cross-referencing the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources (MER) registry against a separate GIS export. The Township Canada SK energy layers now place the well, pipelines, facilities, and oil-gas pools on a single DLS map.",[15,19,20],{},"This page covers what the Saskatchewan oil well DLS map layer shows, how SK's DLS grid differs from Alberta's, and a worked example near Weyburn.",[22,23,24],"blockquote",{},[15,25,26,30],{},[27,28,29],"strong",{},"📸 Screenshot placeholder:"," Township Canada map zoomed to the Weyburn area (~49.7°N, 103.8°W) with the SK Wells layer toggled on, DLS grid overlay visible, and the Pipelines layer enabled. Highlight a well pin and the popup showing its UWI and licence status.",[32,33,35],"h2",{"id":34},"how-saskatchewans-dls-grid-differs-from-albertas","How Saskatchewan's DLS Grid Differs from Alberta's",[15,37,38],{},"Alberta runs from W4M through W6M; Saskatchewan runs from W1M through W3M. That difference matters in two practical ways for SK O&G work.",[15,40,41],{},"First, the meridian confusion that bites Alberta workflows - W4 versus W5 transposing a well 250 km across the province - is absent in SK. SK's meridians are spaced similarly (~4° of longitude apart), but there is no internal correction zone that splits the producing fairway the way W5 does in Alberta. A SK LSD with the correct township and range will land in the right basin even if the source document was hand-keyed.",[15,43,44,45,50],{},"Second, the W2M anchor runs near 102°W along the Manitoba border. Williston Basin wells in the Estevan-Weyburn-Oxbow corridor reference W2M almost exclusively. The WCSB-fringe wells in west-central SK reference W3M. If you work both halves of the province, the meridian is the first thing to check on every record. See the ",[46,47,49],"a",{"href":48},"\u002Flearn\u002Fprovinces\u002Fsaskatchewan","Saskatchewan legal land description guide"," for the full meridian map.",[32,52,54],{"id":53},"what-the-sk-wells-map-layer-shows","What the SK Wells Map Layer Shows",[15,56,57],{},"The Saskatchewan Wells layer renders as PMTiles on top of the DLS grid and satellite imagery. Each well point carries:",[59,60,61,73,79,85],"ul",{},[62,63,64,67,68,72],"li",{},[27,65,66],{},"UWI"," in the standard SK format (e.g., ",[69,70,71],"code",{},"101\u002F14-10-7-13-W2\u002F00",")",[62,74,75,78],{},[27,76,77],{},"Licence status"," from the MER (active, suspended, abandoned, reclaimed)",[62,80,81,84],{},[27,82,83],{},"Substance"," (crude oil, natural gas, multiphase)",[62,86,87,90],{},[27,88,89],{},"Operator"," (licensee BA name)",[15,92,93,94,98],{},"The unified ",[46,95,97],{"href":96},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faer-pipelines-map","Pipelines and Facilities layers"," cover SK on the same toggle - meaning a well, its tie-in line, and the destination battery render together once you have the Province filter set to SK. For multi-province pads or pipeline corridors that cross the AB-SK border, toggle both provinces on at once.",[32,100,102],{"id":101},"worked-example-looking-up-a-weyburn-area-well","Worked Example: Looking Up a Weyburn-Area Well",[15,104,105,106,109],{},"A landman is reviewing a surface-lease renewal in the Weyburn-Estevan corridor. The lease references ",[27,107,108],{},"14-10-7-13-W2"," - Legal Subdivision 14, Section 10, Township 7, Range 13, West of the 2nd Meridian. That places the parcel just west of Weyburn, inside the Bakken light-oil fairway and the Weyburn-Midale CO₂-EOR unit footprint.",[22,111,112],{},[15,113,114,116,117,119],{},[27,115,29],{}," Township Canada search box with ",[69,118,108],{}," entered, map zoomed to the resulting LSD with the DLS grid, satellite imagery, and SK Wells layer all visible. Highlight the wellbore points sitting inside the LSD outline.",[15,121,122,123,127],{},"Enter the LSD into ",[46,124,126],{"href":125},"\u002F?example=14-10-7-13-W2","Township Canada",". The map centres on the parcel with the LSD outline drawn on the DLS grid. With the SK Wells layer enabled, every licensed wellbore that surfaces inside that LSD - and the adjacent quarter sections - appears as a pin coloured by licence status. Clicking any well opens the UWI, operator, substance, and licence status. Toggle the Pipelines layer to see which lines connect those wells to the nearest battery, and the Facilities layer to identify the destination.",[15,129,130,131,135],{},"For batch work - converting a list of 200 LSDs to GPS coordinates - upload the CSV to the ",[46,132,134],{"href":133},"\u002Fapp\u002Fbatch","batch converter",". Output includes coordinates, province, and municipality for each record, with optional oil and gas field enrichment.",[32,137,139],{"id":138},"surface-lease-prep-combining-energy-layers-with-sk-crown-land-and-soils","Surface Lease Prep: Combining Energy Layers with SK Crown Land and Soils",[15,141,142,143,147],{},"SK surface-lease negotiations often hinge on what is already on the parcel and what the soil profile supports. The SK ag crown land layer and the unified ",[46,144,146],{"href":145},"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Fagrasid-lsrs","Soil Survey layer"," (which now covers SK alongside AB and BC) toggle on the same map. For a wellsite or pipeline ROW under negotiation, you can see the LSD, the existing well and pipeline footprint, the crown disposition status, and the soil capability class without leaving the map.",[22,149,150],{},[15,151,152,155],{},[27,153,154],{},"🗺️ Diagram placeholder:"," Cross-section sketch showing the layer stack at one SK LSD - DLS grid → satellite basemap → SK Wells points → Pipelines lines → Facilities points → Soil Survey polygons - with each layer labelled.",[32,157,159],{"id":158},"getting-started","Getting Started",[15,161,162,163,167,168,172],{},"The SK Wells, Pipelines, Facilities, and Oil-Gas Pools layers are part of the Energy Bundle on the Business tier. See ",[46,164,166],{"href":165},"\u002Fpricing","pricing"," for plan details and the ",[46,169,171],{"href":170},"\u002Fblog\u002Fsk-bc-manitoba-energy-agriculture-map-layers-live","SK, BC, and Manitoba layers launch post"," for the full provincial inventory.",[15,174,175,176,180,181,185],{},"For the Saskatchewan DLS grid on its own, the ",[46,177,179],{"href":178},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fsaskatchewan-quarter-section-guide","Saskatchewan quarter section guide"," covers the meridian-by-meridian breakdown. For the underlying well dataset reference, see the ",[46,182,184],{"href":183},"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faer-st37-wells","AER ST37 wells data source"," page - the SK MER equivalent attributes map onto the same well-list schema.",[15,187,188,189,191,192,195],{},"Try it: enter ",[69,190,108],{}," into the ",[46,193,194],{"href":125},"Township Canada converter"," to open a Weyburn-area LSD on the SK map.",{"title":197,"searchDepth":198,"depth":198,"links":199},"",2,[200,201,202,203,204],{"id":34,"depth":198,"text":35},{"id":53,"depth":198,"text":54},{"id":101,"depth":198,"text":102},{"id":138,"depth":198,"text":139},{"id":158,"depth":198,"text":159},"province-usecase",null,{"label":208,"href":125},"Look up a Saskatchewan well","View Saskatchewan's 65,000+ licensed oil and gas wells on the DLS grid alongside pipelines and facilities. Look up a SK well by LSD or quarter section in one map.","md","oil-and-gas",[213,214,215,216,217],"Saskatchewan oil well DLS map layer","SK well map LSD","Saskatchewan well location legal land description","Williston Basin DLS map","Weyburn well lookup LSD",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fsk-wells-pipelines-dls-map","saskatchewan",[48,223,224,178,183],"\u002Flearn\u002Fsystems\u002Fdls","\u002Flearn\u002Fsystems\u002Flsd","how-to",{"title":5,"description":209},"learn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fsk-wells-pipelines-dls-map",[229,230],"DLS","LSD","5S16s6UGlhineRrda16aZDu6gAbRdvjdU3Te1yWXwVk",[233,382,779],{"id":234,"title":235,"body":236,"category":206,"createdAt":206,"cta":367,"description":370,"extension":210,"icon":371,"industry":206,"keywords":372,"meta":376,"navigation":219,"path":183,"province":206,"relatedPages":377,"section":378,"seo":379,"stem":380,"systems":206,"updatedAt":206,"__hash__":381},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faer-st37-wells.md","AER ST37: the List of Wells in Alberta",{"type":7,"value":237,"toc":360},[238,242,252,256,272,276,291,299,303,314,327,337,341],[32,239,241],{"id":240},"what-st37-is","What ST37 is",[15,243,244,247,248,251],{},[27,245,246],{},"ST37"," is the Alberta Energy Regulator's ",[27,249,250],{},"List of Wells in Alberta"," - the regulator's complete register of every well that has ever been licensed in the province. It is the single source of truth for what exists, where it is, and what state it is in. Township Canada ingests ST37 in full and refreshes it monthly.",[32,253,255],{"id":254},"what-it-carries","What it carries",[15,257,258,259,262,263,266,267,271],{},"Each well record carries its unique well identifier (UWI), well name, licence number and current ",[27,260,261],{},"licence status",", the operator and licensee business associate (BA) codes, the fluid and mode, the well type, total depth, and surface coordinates. The lifecycle status is the field most people come for: ",[27,264,265],{},"active, suspended, abandoned, reclaimed",", plus the orphan flag where the ",[46,268,270],{"href":269},"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Forphan-abandoned-wells","Orphan Well Association"," has taken over closure.",[32,273,275],{"id":274},"coverage-and-refresh","Coverage and refresh",[15,277,278,279,282,283,286,287,290],{},"We carry ",[27,280,281],{},"more than 530,000 wells"," across Alberta from ST37, every one tagged with a lifecycle status, and the ",[27,284,285],{},"Wells"," layer and report extend to all four western provinces: Saskatchewan from the Saskatchewan GeoAtlas, British Columbia from the BC Energy Regulator, and Manitoba from the Manitoba Petroleum Branch. The dataset refreshes ",[27,288,289],{},"monthly"," from each regulator's open-data release.",[22,292,293,296],{},[15,294,295],{},"Source: AER · ST37 (Alberta) · refreshed monthly",[15,297,298],{},"Source: Saskatchewan GeoAtlas, BC Energy Regulator, Manitoba Petroleum Branch · refreshed monthly",[32,300,302],{"id":301},"how-township-canada-shows-it","How Township Canada shows it",[15,304,305,306,309,310,313],{},"ST37 powers the ",[27,307,308],{},"AER Wells"," map layer (part of the Energy Bundle) and the well list on the ",[27,311,312],{},"Energy tab"," of the parcel report, which shows every well whose surface point falls inside the Legal Subdivision. From any well you can jump to its operator's full footprint.",[315,316,317],"note",{},[15,318,319,322,323,326],{},[27,320,321],{},"Screenshot to add"," (",[69,324,325],{},"\u002Fimages\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faer-st37-wells\u002Fwells-layer.png","): the AER Wells map layer enabled over a township, points coloured by licence status, with the legend showing active \u002F suspended \u002F abandoned \u002F orphan.",[315,328,329],{},[15,330,331,322,333,336],{},[27,332,321],{},[69,334,335],{},"\u002Fimages\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faer-st37-wells\u002Freport-wells-card.png","): the Energy tab of a parcel report listing individual wells with UWI, operator, fluid, and status.",[32,338,340],{"id":339},"related","Related",[59,342,343,349,355],{},[62,344,345],{},[46,346,348],{"href":347},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faer-wells-lifecycle-status","Reading well lifecycle status",[62,350,351],{},[46,352,354],{"href":353},"\u002Flearn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faer-st76-pipelines","AER ST76 Pipelines",[62,356,357],{},[46,358,359],{"href":269},"Orphan and abandoned wells",{"title":197,"searchDepth":198,"depth":198,"links":361},[362,363,364,365,366],{"id":240,"depth":198,"text":241},{"id":254,"depth":198,"text":255},{"id":274,"depth":198,"text":275},{"id":301,"depth":198,"text":302},{"id":339,"depth":198,"text":340},{"label":368,"href":369},"See wells on a parcel report","\u002Fapp\u002Fsearch","ST37 is the Alberta Energy Regulator's authoritative List of Wells. Township Canada carries every well with its lifecycle status, on the map and on every parcel report.","i-lucide-flame",[373,374,375,66],"AER ST37","list of wells","well licence status",{},[353,269,347],"data-sources",{"title":235,"description":370},"learn\u002Fdata-sources\u002Faer-st37-wells","ghLhWQy5iYPwysOjkGhLnMYQKHfNtpIMvb0YmIq2vvg",{"id":383,"title":384,"body":385,"category":225,"createdAt":206,"cta":206,"description":765,"extension":210,"icon":206,"industry":766,"keywords":767,"meta":774,"navigation":219,"path":178,"province":221,"relatedPages":206,"section":206,"seo":776,"stem":777,"systems":206,"updatedAt":206,"__hash__":778},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fsaskatchewan-quarter-section-guide.md","Saskatchewan Quarter Section Guide - Find Any Legal Land Description in SK",{"type":7,"value":386,"toc":745},[387,391,394,397,401,404,418,425,428,466,474,478,483,486,493,497,500,511,515,522,529,533,540,544,548,576,580,583,600,603,607,610,686,689,693,697,700,703,707,710,714,725],[10,388,390],{"id":389},"saskatchewan-quarter-section-guide","Saskatchewan Quarter Section Guide",[15,392,393],{},"Saskatchewan's 160 million acres of land are divided into quarter sections by the Dominion Land Survey grid. Every farmland transaction, crop insurance policy, mineral lease, and municipal assessment in the province references this grid. Farmers, SCIC adjusters, real estate agents, and mineral rights landmen all work with quarter sections daily.",[15,395,396],{},"This guide covers how the DLS grid works in Saskatchewan and how to convert SK legal land descriptions to GPS coordinates.",[32,398,400],{"id":399},"how-saskatchewans-dls-grid-works","How Saskatchewan's DLS Grid Works",[15,402,403],{},"Saskatchewan uses the Dominion Land Survey system with references measured from the 2nd and 3rd Meridians.",[59,405,406,412],{},[62,407,408,411],{},[27,409,410],{},"West of the 2nd Meridian (W2M)",": Covers eastern Saskatchewan, roughly from the Manitoba border to a line through Regina and Yorkton",[62,413,414,417],{},[27,415,416],{},"West of the 3rd Meridian (W3M)",": Covers western Saskatchewan, from the W2M boundary to the Alberta border, including Saskatoon, Prince Albert, and Moose Jaw",[15,419,420,421,424],{},"A Saskatchewan legal land description like ",[27,422,423],{},"NW 14-032-21W3"," reads: the northwest quarter of Section 14, Township 32, Range 21, West of the 3rd Meridian. That's a 160-acre parcel near Moose Jaw.",[15,426,427],{},"The grid hierarchy works the same across all DLS provinces:",[59,429,430,436,442,448,454,460],{},[62,431,432,435],{},[27,433,434],{},"Meridian",": The reference line (W2M or W3M in Saskatchewan)",[62,437,438,441],{},[27,439,440],{},"Range",": East-west column numbered from the meridian",[62,443,444,447],{},[27,445,446],{},"Township",": North-south row numbered from the US border",[62,449,450,453],{},[27,451,452],{},"Section",": 640 acres within a township (36 per township)",[62,455,456,459],{},[27,457,458],{},"Quarter section",": 160 acres (NE, NW, SE, SW)",[62,461,462,465],{},[27,463,464],{},"Legal Subdivision (LSD)",": 40 acres (16 per section)",[15,467,468,469,473],{},"For a detailed breakdown of the grid hierarchy, see ",[46,470,472],{"href":471},"\u002Fhow-to\u002Ftownship-range-meridian-explained","Township, Range, and Meridian Explained",".",[32,475,477],{"id":476},"who-uses-saskatchewan-quarter-sections","Who Uses Saskatchewan Quarter Sections",[479,480,482],"h3",{"id":481},"farmers-and-producers","Farmers and Producers",[15,484,485],{},"Crop insurance, grain delivery permits, and land rental agreements all reference quarter sections. A Saskatchewan grain farmer with 2,500 acres might manage 15+ quarter sections across several townships. Each one appears on their SCIC policy, their property tax assessments, and their grain delivery permits.",[15,487,488,489,492],{},"Saskatchewan farmland values rose ",[27,490,491],{},"12% year-over-year"," according to FCC's 2025 data - the highest increase in western Canada. Every transaction in that market is documented by quarter section.",[479,494,496],{"id":495},"scic-crop-insurance","SCIC Crop Insurance",[15,498,499],{},"Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation policies are tied to quarter section descriptions. Saskatchewan's 2026 satellite forage insurance program measures moisture shortage coverage at the township level, with individual insured parcels identified by their quarter section description.",[15,501,502,503,506,507,473],{},"The ",[27,504,505],{},"SCIC March 31 deadline"," requires producers to have their insured parcels confirmed for the season. Verifying that each legal land description on a policy matches the correct quarter section on the ground is a key step before filing. For crop insurance workflows, see the ",[46,508,510],{"href":509},"\u002Fhow-to\u002Flegal-land-description-for-crop-insurance","crop insurance legal land description guide",[479,512,514],{"id":513},"real-estate-and-appraisals","Real Estate and Appraisals",[15,516,517,518,521],{},"Rural Saskatchewan real estate listings identify properties by legal land description, not street address. A listing for ",[27,519,520],{},"SE 22-036-03W3"," near Davidson doesn't have a Google-able address - the buyer needs to convert it to GPS coordinates to see where it actually is on a map.",[15,523,524,525,473],{},"For rural property workflows, see the ",[46,526,528],{"href":527},"\u002Fhow-to\u002Flegal-land-description-for-real-estate","real estate legal land description guide",[479,530,532],{"id":531},"mineral-rights-and-oil-gas","Mineral Rights and Oil & Gas",[15,534,535,536,539],{},"Saskatchewan's potash, uranium, and conventional oil operations all use DLS descriptions. A mineral lease on ",[27,537,538],{},"NE 08-005-12W2"," (southeast Saskatchewan, near Estevan) references the quarter section where extraction rights are held. Landmen processing lease acquisitions convert these descriptions to GPS coordinates to verify surface locations.",[32,541,543],{"id":542},"how-to-look-up-a-saskatchewan-legal-land-description","How to Look Up a Saskatchewan Legal Land Description",[479,545,547],{"id":546},"single-quarter-section-lookup","Single Quarter Section Lookup",[549,550,551,557,562,565,568],"ol",{},[62,552,553,554],{},"Open ",[46,555,126],{"href":556},"\u002F",[62,558,559,560],{},"Enter the Saskatchewan legal land description - for example, ",[69,561,423],{},[62,563,564],{},"The converter returns GPS coordinates (approximately 50.63°N, 106.22°W for this example) and a map pin",[62,566,567],{},"View the quarter section boundary on the survey grid overlay",[62,569,570,571,575],{},"Use ",[46,572,574],{"href":573},"\u002Fguides\u002Fdirections","directions"," to navigate to the parcel from your location",[479,577,579],{"id":578},"batch-lookup-for-multiple-parcels","Batch Lookup for Multiple Parcels",[15,581,582],{},"Saskatchewan farming operations, insurance firms, and land companies often need to convert many legal land descriptions at once:",[549,584,585,588,594,597],{},[62,586,587],{},"Prepare a CSV file with legal land descriptions in one column",[62,589,590,591],{},"Upload to ",[46,592,593],{"href":133},"Township Canada's batch converter",[62,595,596],{},"Get GPS coordinates for all parcels in seconds",[62,598,599],{},"Export as CSV, KML, Shapefile, or GeoJSON",[15,601,602],{},"This is especially useful for SCIC policy verification (confirming all insured parcels before the March 31 deadline) and for real estate appraisals covering multiple comparable sales.",[32,604,606],{"id":605},"example-verifying-a-scic-policy","Example: Verifying a SCIC Policy",[15,608,609],{},"A grain producer near Moose Jaw holds a SCIC policy covering five quarter sections:",[611,612,613,629],"table",{},[614,615,616],"thead",{},[617,618,619,623,626],"tr",{},[620,621,622],"th",{},"Parcel",[620,624,625],{},"Legal Description",[620,627,628],{},"GPS (approx.)",[630,631,632,643,654,664,675],"tbody",{},[617,633,634,638,640],{},[635,636,637],"td",{},"Field 1",[635,639,423],{},[635,641,642],{},"50.63°N, 106.22°W",[617,644,645,648,651],{},[635,646,647],{},"Field 2",[635,649,650],{},"NE 14-032-21W3",[635,652,653],{},"50.63°N, 106.19°W",[617,655,656,659,662],{},[635,657,658],{},"Field 3",[635,660,661],{},"SE 23-032-21W3",[635,663,653],{},[617,665,666,669,672],{},[635,667,668],{},"Field 4",[635,670,671],{},"SW 26-032-21W3",[635,673,674],{},"50.65°N, 106.22°W",[617,676,677,680,683],{},[635,678,679],{},"Field 5",[635,681,682],{},"NW 26-032-21W3",[635,684,685],{},"50.66°N, 106.22°W",[15,687,688],{},"The producer enters each description into Township Canada and confirms the map pins match the fields they're actually farming. One discrepancy - Field 3 is listed as SE 23 but the farmer works SW 23 - gets caught and corrected before the deadline.",[32,690,692],{"id":691},"saskatchewan-specific-details","Saskatchewan-Specific Details",[479,694,696],{"id":695},"meridian-boundary","Meridian Boundary",[15,698,699],{},"The boundary between W2M and W3M territory roughly follows a line through Regina. Properties east of this line (Yorkton, Weyburn, Estevan) use W2M. Properties to the west (Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Prince Albert) use W3M.",[15,701,702],{},"Getting the meridian wrong means referencing a completely different parcel hundreds of kilometres away. If a document says NW 14-032-21W2 instead of W3, the location shifts from Moose Jaw to east of Yorkton. Double-checking the meridian is the single most important step when working with Saskatchewan legal land descriptions.",[479,704,706],{"id":705},"northern-saskatchewan","Northern Saskatchewan",[15,708,709],{},"DLS coverage in Saskatchewan extends north to approximately Township 70 (near La Ronge). North of this line, land descriptions use other reference systems. Most agricultural, real estate, and mineral rights work falls within the surveyed DLS area south of Township 70.",[32,711,713],{"id":712},"try-it-yourself","Try It Yourself",[15,715,716,717,720,721,724],{},"Enter a Saskatchewan quarter section - like ",[46,718,423],{"href":719},"\u002F?q=NW+14-032-21W3"," - and see the GPS coordinates and map location instantly. For verifying multiple parcels, ",[46,722,723],{"href":133},"try the batch converter"," with a CSV of your legal land descriptions.",[15,726,727,728,732,733,732,737,732,741],{},"See also: ",[46,729,731],{"href":730},"\u002Fsaskatchewan-legal-land-converter","Saskatchewan Legal Land Converter"," | ",[46,734,736],{"href":735},"\u002Fhow-to\u002Fquarter-section-finder","Quarter Section Finder",[46,738,740],{"href":739},"\u002Fhow-to\u002Flsd-finder","LSD Finder",[46,742,744],{"href":743},"\u002Fhow-to\u002Fbatch-convert-legal-land-descriptions","Batch Convert Legal Land Descriptions",{"title":197,"searchDepth":198,"depth":198,"links":746},[747,748,755,759,760,764],{"id":399,"depth":198,"text":400},{"id":476,"depth":198,"text":477,"children":749},[750,752,753,754],{"id":481,"depth":751,"text":482},3,{"id":495,"depth":751,"text":496},{"id":513,"depth":751,"text":514},{"id":531,"depth":751,"text":532},{"id":542,"depth":198,"text":543,"children":756},[757,758],{"id":546,"depth":751,"text":547},{"id":578,"depth":751,"text":579},{"id":605,"depth":198,"text":606},{"id":691,"depth":198,"text":692,"children":761},[762,763],{"id":695,"depth":751,"text":696},{"id":705,"depth":751,"text":706},{"id":712,"depth":198,"text":713},"How to find and convert Saskatchewan quarter sections and legal land descriptions to GPS coordinates. DLS grid guide for SK land professionals.","agriculture",[768,769,770,771,772,773],"saskatchewan quarter section","saskatchewan legal land description","sk legal land description lookup","saskatchewan dls converter","scic legal land description","saskatchewan farmland quarter section",{"system":775},"dls",{"title":384,"description":765},"learn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fsaskatchewan-quarter-section-guide","X99nEgqC1FIC2p7ZjRd_I_REsKvrPOuRt6CmYttTimA",{"id":780,"title":781,"body":782,"category":206,"createdAt":1139,"cta":1140,"description":1142,"extension":210,"icon":206,"industry":206,"keywords":1143,"meta":1146,"navigation":219,"path":48,"province":221,"relatedPages":1147,"section":1148,"seo":1149,"stem":1150,"systems":1151,"updatedAt":1139,"__hash__":1152},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fprovinces\u002Fsaskatchewan.md","Saskatchewan Legal Land Description Guide - DLS & Quarter Sections",{"type":7,"value":783,"toc":1124},[784,787,790,794,797,811,814,817,823,829,833,836,842,845,875,882,889,893,904,911,915,995,999,1002,1005,1009,1012,1015,1031,1035,1038,1041,1044,1051,1055,1058,1062,1065,1089,1092,1099,1108,1110,1119],[10,785,781],{"id":786},"saskatchewan-legal-land-description-guide-dls-quarter-sections",[15,788,789],{},"Saskatchewan is defined by its grid. Drive almost anywhere in the province and you'll find roads running at perfect one-mile intervals - a direct expression of the Dominion Land Survey (DLS) that was imposed on the landscape starting in the 1870s. That grid organizes not just transportation routes, but also land ownership, agricultural leases, mineral rights, and resource extraction permits. If you work with Saskatchewan land data in any capacity, understanding the DLS system and how to convert its descriptions to GPS coordinates is a foundational skill.",[32,791,793],{"id":792},"how-the-dls-grid-works-in-saskatchewan","How the DLS Grid Works in Saskatchewan",[15,795,796],{},"Saskatchewan spans two meridians that anchor the DLS grid:",[59,798,799,805],{},[62,800,801,804],{},[27,802,803],{},"W2 (2nd Meridian)",": Runs through eastern Saskatchewan at approximately 102°W longitude, near the Manitoba border. Eastern Saskatchewan ranges (including areas around Yorkton and Weyburn) are measured westward from W2.",[62,806,807,810],{},[27,808,809],{},"W3 (3rd Meridian)",": Runs through central Saskatchewan at approximately 106°W longitude, passing near Regina and Saskatoon. Much of the province's agricultural heartland is referenced to W3.",[15,812,813],{},"As in Alberta and Manitoba, the Saskatchewan grid organizes land into townships (6-mile × 6-mile blocks numbered northward from the 49th parallel), ranges (columns of townships numbered westward from the meridian), and sections (36 per township, each approximately 640 acres).",[15,815,816],{},"Saskatchewan's grid is exceptionally consistent because the province has relatively little terrain interruption - no major mountain ranges, few large lakes in the south - allowing the original survey lines to run almost perfectly straight across millions of acres.",[15,818,819,820,473],{},"For a complete explanation of the DLS system structure, see the ",[46,821,822],{"href":223},"DLS system overview",[824,825],"marketing-dls-grid-diagrams",{"highlighted-lsd":826,"highlighted-quarter":827,"highlighted-section":828},"9","SE","22",[32,830,832],{"id":831},"quarter-sections-the-unit-of-saskatchewan-agriculture","Quarter Sections: The Unit of Saskatchewan Agriculture",[15,834,835],{},"While Alberta uses the LSD (Legal Subdivision) extensively for oil and gas work, Saskatchewan's agricultural culture has made the quarter section - 160 acres - the dominant unit of everyday land description. Ask any Saskatchewan farmer what they own and they'll answer in quarters: \"I farm four quarters north of town.\"",[15,837,838,839],{},"A quarter section description looks like this: ",[69,840,841],{},"SE 22-036-20W3",[15,843,844],{},"Breaking that down:",[59,846,847,852,857,863,869],{},[62,848,849,851],{},[27,850,827],{}," - Southeast quarter",[62,853,854,856],{},[27,855,828],{}," - Section 22",[62,858,859,862],{},[27,860,861],{},"036"," - Township 36",[62,864,865,868],{},[27,866,867],{},"20"," - Range 20",[62,870,871,874],{},[27,872,873],{},"W3"," - West of the 3rd Meridian",[15,876,877,878,881],{},"This parcel is located approximately ",[27,879,880],{},"52.04°N, 106.74°W",", on the western outskirts of Saskatoon - an area that has been transitioning from agricultural to urban and industrial use as the city expands.",[15,883,884,885,473],{},"To find and verify quarter section boundaries, use the ",[46,886,888],{"href":887},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fquarter-section-finder","quarter section finder",[32,890,892],{"id":891},"lsd-in-saskatchewan","LSD in Saskatchewan",[15,894,895,896,899,900,903],{},"Saskatchewan also supports LSD notation for operations that need more precision than a quarter section provides. Potash solution mining facilities, injection wells, and some agriculture drainage applications reference LSDs. The format is identical to Alberta: ",[69,897,898],{},"LSD-Section-Township-RangeW Meridian"," (e.g., ",[69,901,902],{},"09-22-036-20W3",").",[15,905,906,907,910],{},"See the ",[46,908,909],{"href":224},"LSD system guide"," for a full breakdown of how LSDs are numbered and referenced.",[32,912,914],{"id":913},"example-coordinates","Example Coordinates",[611,916,917,930],{},[614,918,919],{},[617,920,921,924,927],{},[620,922,923],{},"Description",[620,925,926],{},"Location",[620,928,929],{},"Approximate Coordinates",[630,931,932,943,956,969,982],{},[617,933,934,938,941],{},[635,935,936],{},[69,937,841],{},[635,939,940],{},"Near Saskatoon",[635,942,880],{},[617,944,945,950,953],{},[635,946,947],{},[69,948,949],{},"NW 15-017-08W2",[635,951,952],{},"Near Weyburn",[635,954,955],{},"49.67°N, 103.83°W",[617,957,958,963,966],{},[635,959,960],{},[69,961,962],{},"NE 01-001-01W2",[635,964,965],{},"Near Oxbow (SE corner of province)",[635,967,968],{},"49.01°N, 102.01°W",[617,970,971,976,979],{},[635,972,973],{},[69,974,975],{},"SW 30-058-25W3",[635,977,978],{},"Near North Battleford",[635,980,981],{},"53.28°N, 108.35°W",[617,983,984,989,992],{},[635,985,986],{},[69,987,988],{},"NE 18-049-03W3",[635,990,991],{},"Near Melfort",[635,993,994],{},"52.85°N, 104.62°W",[32,996,998],{"id":997},"regulatory-context-saskatchewan-ministry-of-energy-and-resources","Regulatory Context: Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources",[15,1000,1001],{},"The Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources (MER) regulates oil and gas, potash, and other mineral extraction in the province. Well licenses, facility approvals, and mineral lease agreements all require DLS locations to the section or quarter section level. The province's Crown Mineral Disposition system uses DLS references as primary identifiers in all public land sale notices.",[15,1003,1004],{},"The Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) maintains a province-wide property assessment database where every parcel is indexed by DLS description. This database is the reference point for property tax assessments, easement registrations, and land title transfers.",[32,1006,1008],{"id":1007},"key-industries-in-saskatchewan-that-use-legal-land-descriptions","Key Industries in Saskatchewan That Use Legal Land Descriptions",[479,1010,1011],{"id":766},"Agriculture",[15,1013,1014],{},"Saskatchewan is Canada's largest agricultural province, with over 60 million acres of farmland. Every farm lease, Crown land application, crop insurance policy, and grain delivery receipt references the land by quarter section or section. The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) tracks grain deliveries by farm location, and provincial crop insurance programs administered by Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) require quarter section identification for every insured field.",[15,1016,1017,1018,1021,1022,1025,1026,1030],{},"A canola producer farming several parcels near Humboldt, for example, might hold title to ",[69,1019,1020],{},"NE 05-040-18W2",", ",[69,1023,1024],{},"NW 05-040-18W2",", and several additional quarters - all of which need to be correctly mapped for insurance, delivery, and seeding records. The ",[46,1027,1029],{"href":1028},"\u002Flearn\u002Findustries\u002Fagriculture","agriculture industry guide"," covers how land descriptions flow through these workflows.",[479,1032,1034],{"id":1033},"potash-mining","Potash Mining",[15,1036,1037],{},"Saskatchewan sits atop the world's largest potash reserves. The province has multiple operating potash mines, and solution mining operations require precise surface and subsurface land descriptions for Crown mineral lease applications, brine injection well licenses, and environmental monitoring networks. Potash companies typically maintain large internal databases of DLS references tied to their lease holdings across multiple township-range blocks.",[479,1039,1040],{"id":211},"Oil and Gas",[15,1042,1043],{},"The Bakken tight oil formation extends from southeastern Saskatchewan across the border into North Dakota. Operators in this region file well license applications with the MER using DLS notation identical in structure to Alberta's AER requirements. Companies active on both sides of the provincial border need to manage DLS descriptions alongside US Public Land Survey System (PLSS) descriptions for their cross-border operations.",[15,1045,1046,1047,1050],{},"Township Canada's Energy Bundle now includes SK wells, pipelines, facilities, and oil-gas pools as map layers on the DLS grid. See ",[46,1048,1049],{"href":170},"Saskatchewan, BC, and Manitoba energy and agriculture map layers are now live"," for the full layer list and how to enable them.",[479,1052,1054],{"id":1053},"uranium","Uranium",[15,1056,1057],{},"Northern Saskatchewan holds some of the world's highest-grade uranium deposits. While northern Saskatchewan uses a different land tenure system (based on provincial NTS grid references rather than the agricultural DLS grid), the transition zone between the agricultural south and the mineral-active north requires familiarity with both systems.",[32,1059,1061],{"id":1060},"how-township-canada-handles-saskatchewan-descriptions","How Township Canada Handles Saskatchewan Descriptions",[15,1063,1064],{},"Township Canada's converter handles all standard Saskatchewan DLS formats:",[59,1066,1067,1072,1078,1083],{},[62,1068,1069,1070],{},"Quarter section: ",[69,1071,841],{},[62,1073,1074,1075],{},"Section: ",[69,1076,1077],{},"22-036-20W3",[62,1079,1080,1081],{},"LSD: ",[69,1082,902],{},[62,1084,1085,1086],{},"Verbose: ",[69,1087,1088],{},"Section 22, Township 36, Range 20, West of the 3rd Meridian",[15,1090,1091],{},"The converter returns the GPS centroid and renders parcel boundaries on an interactive map. You can toggle between satellite imagery and the survey grid to confirm that the location corresponds to the actual landscape features you're expecting.",[15,1093,1094,1095,473],{},"For converting GPS coordinates back to a DLS quarter section reference - useful when a field crew reports a GPS point and you need the quarter section for paperwork - use the ",[46,1096,1098],{"href":1097},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fgps-to-legal-land-description","GPS to legal land description tool",[15,1100,1101,1102,1104,1105,1107],{},"For processing large lists of Saskatchewan quarter sections (crop insurance batch filings, lease audits, exploration program summaries), the ",[46,1103,134],{"href":133}," handles CSV uploads at scale. See ",[46,1106,166],{"href":165}," for plan details.",[32,1109,159],{"id":158},[15,1111,1112,1113,1115,1116,1118],{},"Enter any Saskatchewan DLS description directly into the ",[46,1114,194],{"href":556},", or visit ",[46,1117,730],{"href":730}," for a Saskatchewan-configured experience with province-specific examples.",[15,1120,1121,1122,473],{},"For a broader look at how the DLS grid functions across all western provinces, see the ",[46,1123,822],{"href":223},{"title":197,"searchDepth":198,"depth":198,"links":1125},[1126,1127,1128,1129,1130,1131,1137,1138],{"id":792,"depth":198,"text":793},{"id":831,"depth":198,"text":832},{"id":891,"depth":198,"text":892},{"id":913,"depth":198,"text":914},{"id":997,"depth":198,"text":998},{"id":1007,"depth":198,"text":1008,"children":1132},[1133,1134,1135,1136],{"id":766,"depth":751,"text":1011},{"id":1033,"depth":751,"text":1034},{"id":211,"depth":751,"text":1040},{"id":1053,"depth":751,"text":1054},{"id":1060,"depth":198,"text":1061},{"id":158,"depth":198,"text":159},"2026-03-08",{"label":1141,"href":730},"Try the Saskatchewan Converter","How Saskatchewan's Dominion Land Survey system works. Convert section, quarter section, and LSD descriptions to GPS coordinates for agriculture, potash, and energy operations.",[769,768,1144,1145],"SK DLS converter","potash legal land",{},[223,224,1028,887],"provinces",{"title":781,"description":1142},"learn\u002Fprovinces\u002Fsaskatchewan",[229,230],"WaRpqKs3nsCUxj3x_4Yj2hY3j74v4pJ8-hIUtycxB68"]